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The Booming Edtech Industry in India: Should We Be Worried?
CBGA
During the pandemic, with closure of institutions and adoption of online education,we have seen a multi-fold growth of Edtech industries in India. Does this drive for technology in education is a...
The Pandemic has Snapped Communication Lines between Schools and Students in India
CBGA
While India is committed to ‘leaving no one behind’, the digital delivery of school education has left many students out of the loop as initial communication could not be established with...
Nirbhaya Fund could help improve women’s safety – but money allotted for schemes is underutilised
CBGA
The Nirbhaya Fund continues to see underutilisation across states. Important schemes under the fund have seen cuts in Union Budget 2021-22. The Fund is also limited by design, and needs more...
Does Mission POSHAN 2.0 Have the Ammunition it Will Need to Be Successful?
CBGA
Nutrition schemes have been clubbed together and jointly allocated funds lower than previous years. Saksham Anganwadi which subsumes four schemes- AnganwadiServices, Poshan Abhiyan, SAG and...
How Union Budget 2021-22 can support the women workforce
CBGA
Women constituted only 18.6 per cent of the population working or looking for work, whereas the number is 55.6 per cent for men, according to PLFS 2018-19. The pandemic and the economic crisis...
Union Budget 2021-22: Time to step up public investment in nutrition
CBGA
India is facing a higher burden of malnutrition, made worse by the COVID crisis. At such a time, it is important for the government to expand coverage of key nutrition schemes. In 2021-22, higher...
Union Budget 2021-22 must protect allocation for children even after pandemic
CBGA
Children have largely remained unscathed by the virus, but disruptions due to the pandemic and the resultant lockdown have affected aspects of a child’s life and wellbeing. Countering such...
This Year's Budget Is Critical to Ensure a Comprehensive Nutrition Response
CBGA
Services provided under a range of important schemes pertaining to nutrition, health, food security etc. that are necessary for achieving improved nutrition outcomes, got severely impacted under the...
What education budget 2021-2022 needs to focus on
CBGA
The devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on school-going children at one hand and the rolling out of National Education Policy 2020 on the other hand have made it amply clear that the...
A Gender-Discriminatory Crisis Requires a Gender-Responsive Union Budget
CBGA
During the pandemic and economic crisis, women are facing greater unemployment, economic insecurity and gender-based violence. In 2021-22, the government must budget for greater coverage of critical...
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